Sash-holder.



N0. 798,288. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

G. MALCOLM.

SASH HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAB.e,19o5.

m'll Vy Win/Essi@ UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

GEORGE MALCOLM, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,459.

To all whom it Wto/,y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MALcoLM,a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Locks; and Ido hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed d rawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a holder forwindow-sashes which will be simple in construction and easy of operationand a holder that can be manufactured and placed upon the market at acomparatively small cost, thereby bringing it within the reach of thoserequiring such an article.

The invention consists in a sash-holder constructed substantially asshown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a sash-holderconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevationshowing the holder applied to the window-sash; Fig. 3, a detailperspective View of the lever with the rubber plug removed; Fig. 4, aperspective View of the rotatable camring; Fig. 5, a similar view of thebracket with bifurcated post.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bracket of the holder,having suitable holes or perforations c for attaching it to the upperhorizontal rail X of the Window-sash' or to any otherl part of the sashfound most preferable. This bracket A has a circular bifurcated post B,with holes or perforations to receive a rivet or pin c for the purposehereinafter described. Over the post Bis fitted a circular cam-ring C,the post being round at its base and of a diameter substantially equalto the diameter of the circular opening of the cam-ring, so that thepost will form a guide for the ring in its rotary movement. The cam uponface of the ring C is shown at d, and said ring has a handle orthumb-piece e for turning the ring to act upon the leverD when theholder is to be operated. The lever D is held in the bifurcation of thepost B by the rivet or pin c, which enters the perforations or holes andthe holef in the lever, so that the lever will be pivotally held to thepost. The lever D has cam-faces g t at its front and back, respectively,as shown more clearly in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, said cam-faces gtengaging the cam-face d of the cam-ring C, and through the medium ofsaid ring and camfaces the ring when turned will raise or lower y thelever.

The rotatable cam-ring C when turned in the proper direction against theside rail Y of the upper sash will hold the lower sash opened or closed,as found desirable.

The lever D has a socket E at its end to receive a rubber plug F throughthe side opening z', which opening allows the rubber to projectsuiiiciently beyond the socket to act against the window-sash, asillustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The socket E hasinwardly-projecting claws j, so as to hold securely in the socket therubber plug F and prevent it from becoming loose.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new,and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isM

A sash-holder,comprisingasuitable bracket with post thereon, a cam-ringencircling the post and having means for turning it, and a leverpivotally connected to the post and carrying cam-faces against which thecam-face of the ring operates, said lever having a socket at its endwith inwardly-projecting claws and a rubber plug held therein,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MALCOLM.

Witnesses:

JAMES BAIKIE, Gno. T. KNOX.

